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France’s Municipal Elections: A Warm-Up for 2027?

William Bouchardon
A fragmented local vote is reshaping France’s political landscape ahead of the 2027 presidential...
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Demonstration in Paris during a nationwide day of strikes and protests over France”s national budget. September 18, 2025 Paris.
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From Political Impasse to Popular Alternative?

Anaïs Fley
France
One million people marched across France on 18 September 2025 in response to a joint call from unions...
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Left-wing counter-demonstration called by LFI, the Ecologists and CGT against the RN demonstration for Marine Le Pen, Toulouse, France, April 6, 2025.
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From far-right firebrand to playing the victim

Anna Schröder
Why Le Pen’s games are a danger to democracy Like all right-wing extremist parties, the National Rally...
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Marine Le Pen im Gerichtsgebäude, kurz bevor sie für die Veruntreuung von öffentlichen Geldern zu vier Jahren Haft verurteilt wurde (31.3.2025).
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Head Bowed, Hands Dirty

Anna Schröder
The verdict against Marine Le Pen sends shockwaves around Europe–and is a powerful message against corruption and the abuse of...
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The Left

Europe Needs an Action-Oriented Left

Manon Aubry, Nessim Achouche
Version française ci-dessous The forward march of extremist forces in Europe continued apace in the 2024 super...
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Jean Luc Melenchon speech at Stalingrad Square after the victory of the NFP at the legislativ elections, 7 July, Paris.
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A Hopeful Surprise in France

Nessim Achouche
On the evening of Sunday, 7 July 2024, the Place de la République in Paris was once again filled with a compact crowd, but this time it was joy and...
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Demonstration against the extreme right in the presence of the new Popular Front 15 June, Paris.
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France between Fascism and the Popular Front

Nessim Achouche
European UnionFrance
When Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France in 2017, he vowed in his first public speech that the...
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Clémence Guetté during a major LFI meeting before the first round of the French presidential election, in Paris, March 2022.
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The Struggle for Hegemony Is a Struggle for Ideas

Nessim Achouche, Clémence Guetté
European UnionFrance
****Version française ci-dessous****With only a few days to go before election day, the foundation’s Nessim Achouche spoke to Clémence Guetté, a...
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European Election Debate With The French Candidates
Debatte zur Europawahl mit den französischen Kandidat*innen am 10. April 2024 in Brüssel.
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A Test Run for 2027?

William Bouchardon
How French voters turn out in the European elections next month could have major domestic implications Do the French care about...
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Unity Makes Strength?

Laura Chazel
FrancePublicationsElections and parties
An analysis of the perspectives for the French left and the NUPES in the 2024 European Parliament elections ***Version française...
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